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Scholle, New Mexico

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1995. It lies in ZIP code area 87036. The Survey maps it on the Scholle quadrangle.

Scholle within Torrance County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

38 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Scholle between 1994 and 2017, burning about 62 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning16
Natural6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
16 September 2007Debris and open burning1.7 acresSalinas Pueblo Missions National MonumentSISNERO FIRE
3 August 2000Natural1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry Division179
25 August 2012Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionTIMAN
9 July 2002Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionRAFAEL
9 July 2002Natural5.5 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSCHOLLE
9 July 2002Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresCibola National ForestSAN RAFAEL
6 July 2003Natural1.0 acresCibola National ForestTRACK
4 July 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCibola National ForestMILE MARKER 188

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Torrance County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Scholle: 4 past producers, 4 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold, Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Abo MineSilver, CopperUnknown
Materials Pit 57-137-SStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Scholle Claim GroupUranium, CopperPast Producer
Scholle DistrictCopper, Silver, Lead, Gold, UraniumPast Producer1905, 1915, 1961
Jack Rabbit ClaimCopperPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Torrance County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Abo4.8 miles8
Deer Canyon7.4 miles8
Thunderbird10.3 miles11
Chupadera11.2 miles7
Mountainair11.3 miles10
La Cienega11.7 miles11
Los Chavez13.4 miles11
Punta de Agua13.8 miles11

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122573069The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 910867. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.